So here’s an example: right now, I’m in London, NOT AT ALL to go shopping (it’s not that there’s a lack of desire, but DO I REALLY NEED TO SAY THAT?) and I walked passed TopShop. I took a deep breath just to fill my lungs with that air, polluted by consumption, that I love so very much. I’M NOT HERE TO GO SHOPPING, SO (breathe, Garance, breathe) but I did manage to find my way to the back of a vintage boutique trying to get my feet into a pair of leopard Alaïa heels in a size 38, a size that I might have been able to fit into for a month between the ages of 11 and 11 and a quarter. They had a perfectly acceptable price (250€! Alaïa! It’s a gift!) (oh come on), and then I found a pair of leopard print pants as well, in a size 36 small, which I maybe could have squeezed into during the heat wave in 2003.

You can’t put vintage Alaïa in the display window, it’s an attack on shopping-prudishness. It’s just mean.

Hum… I think if you read the paragraph up top, you’ll understand just how much this print makes me hysterical.

Therefore, I’m giving you a break, just a quick second now, before I tell you this next thing…

BECAUSE LISTEN, the MIXING of leopard prints is even stronger than Alaïa. THE MIXING of leopard prints. THE MIXING OF LEOPARD PRINTS! The mixing. Of leopard. Prints.

Look forward to some lovely RED LEOPARD from Dolce…..and dolce skinny distressed denim with blue leopard prints…..by far the best collection we have seen from them in years!!!!….you would love it!!…and i cant wait for it to hit the stores!!

Hi Garance, i’m ur ardent admirer from India!
I love ur expression.. its beyond amazing.
I’ve been following your blog for past few months and have been hopelessly waiting for u to make an appearance yourself in of your posts! (to put up your self-portrait!)
You should really make a visit to India and embrace all the exotic colors!
Keep on your beautiful work!
Thank god for Tim… cheers!
Bisous.

The mixing of leopard prints is kind of like the colorblocking of the present, no? Or maybe I’m just attracted to the overt tackiness. The great thing about this trend is that it is easy to enact on a budget – rock it lady!

It feels great to see another woman with exactly the same hair type as mine. Everyone seems to be obsessed with having perfectly straight hair in Sydney. I love this look … natural and stylish .. perfect!

OUI, OUI, OUi You are correct Garance! As usual. I loved leopard print when I was a young girl and now I am developing an even stronger passion this time around at 38…and I agree with many above her hair in this photo is parfait. Je t’adore!!! How do you like my French??? ;) XO, Cat

I love leopard, too! Its going to be everywhere this fall! Petulia’s Folly is going to be getting in lots of leopard print from Rachel Comey this fall….her silhouettes are really interesting…a nice way to update such a classic print. And also intersting for her since she usually does some really tricked out prints!